Books Fatal to Their Authors
This is a collection of stories of authors who have lost their fortunes and sometimes their lives after writing a book. The liberty of a person's conscience was unknown in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; Why should a man be drawn and quartered for writing what we know is the truth? What must it have been like to have lived in that era. At the time it was dangerous to say that the earth went around the sun and many other theories were treated in the same way. (Summary by Michele Eaton)
Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 00 | Preface To the Book Lover | Anna Simon |
00:09:56 |
| Play 01 | Chapter 1 Part 1 Theology | Margaret Espaillat |
00:15:08 |
| Play 02 | Chapter 1 Part 2 | Margaret Espaillat |
00:18:01 |
| Play 03 | Chapter 1 part 3 | Margaret Espaillat |
00:17:27 |
| Play 04 | Chapter 1 Part 4 | Margaret Espaillat |
00:11:37 |
| Play 05 | Chapter 2 Fanatics and Free-Thinkers | Lynne T |
00:23:37 |
| Play 06 | Chapter 3 Astrology, Alchemy and Magic | Lynne T |
00:23:19 |
| Play 07 | Chapter 4 Science and Philosophy | Anna Simon |
00:28:05 |
| Play 08 | Chapter 5 Part 1 History | Jacob Paul Starr |
00:17:21 |
| Play 09 | Chapter 5 Part 2 | Jacob Paul Starr |
00:18:26 |
| Play 10 | Chapter 6 Part 1 Politics and Statesmanship | Ramon Escamilla |
00:20:42 |
| Play 11 | Chapter 6 Part 2 | Ramon Escamilla |
00:21:00 |
| Play 12 | Chapter 7 Satire | Rapunzelina |
00:29:36 |
| Play 13 | Chapter 8 Poetry | Lynne T |
00:29:33 |
| Play 14 | Chapter 9 Drama and Romance | Lynne T |
00:13:55 |
| Play 15 | Chapter 10 Booksellers and Publishers | Availle |
00:32:36 |
| Play 16 | Chapter 11 Some Literary Martyrs | Anna Simon |
00:14:00 |